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Jan 12 2007, 08:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4280 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Bay of Toil is on sight after sol 1055 drive.
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Jan 12 2007, 09:33 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Now THIS looks like an interesting spot for a picnic...
Leaving aside the wisdom of poking Fate in the eye with a big sharp stick by naming a crumbling crater rim bay "The Bay of Toil" ... ... here's a quick feature nickname suggestion that kinda jumped out at me... -------------------- |
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Jan 12 2007, 11:56 AM
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What might make a very interesting target for a weekend (next weekend perhaps ) is what I've started calling the 'dock' of the Bay of Toil - just north of the bay a sort of 'echo' of the rim set back 10m or so. A few 10's of CM's of material.
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Jan 12 2007, 12:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4280 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
"The dock", I like this name.
I'm curious about that outcrop since two weeks ago. I was wondering if those are remnants of an upper rock layer or perhaps Cape Desire is "cracking" at that point and becoming a sort of "Soup Dragon" in a couple of hundred million years. |
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Jan 12 2007, 06:49 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Jan 12 2007, 06:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
The dock", I like this name A Bay, The dock, a week-end, a Picnic ? Can we just Sit on the Dock of The Bay for the week-end? Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay by Otis Redding/Steve Cropper... and some changes by Climber... Sitting in the morning sun I'll sitting till the evening comes Watching Oppy roll in Then I watch her roll away again, yeah. Sitting on the dock of the bay Watching the time roll away Oh, sitting on the dock of the bay Wasting time, ah ha ha I left my home in California And headed for Toil Bay Coz I have nothing to live for And look's like nothing will come my way So, I'm sitting on the dock of the bay Watching the tide go away I'm sitting on the dock of the bay Wasting time Look's like nothing's gonna change Everything still remains the same I can do what people tell me to do So, I guess I'll remains the same Sitting here west in East born And this loneliness won't leave me alone It's 200 Millions miles I roll Just to make this dock my home Sitting on the dock of the bay Watch the tide go away, ooohh ooohh Sitting on the dock of the bay Wasting time -------------------- |
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Jan 12 2007, 09:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2887 Joined: 22-April 05 From: Ridderkerk, Netherlands Member No.: 353 |
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Jan 12 2007, 09:17 PM
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Now THIS looks like an interesting spot for a picnic... Leaving aside the wisdom of poking Fate in the eye with a big sharp stick by naming a crumbling crater rim bay "The Bay of Toil" ... ... here's a quick feature nickname suggestion that kinda jumped out at me... Stu, your posts are always such a joy to read! It looks like a great spot to picnic is the small escarpment of rock north of the Bay of Toil. Could it be a top layer of rock exposed by slumping, and therefore relatively unaltered and easily approached? |
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Jan 12 2007, 09:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Climber you are going to make Stu jealous.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jan 12 2007, 09:53 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Climber you are going to make Stu jealous. Jealous? Hmmm, let's see... my prattling "stuff" vs Otis Reading's lyrics... only one winner there I think! -------------------- |
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Jan 12 2007, 10:23 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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Jan 12 2007, 10:51 PM
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Jan 12 2007, 11:24 PM
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Jan 12 2007, 11:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
There are a couple of streaks that appear to originate from a 'hole' in a large chunk of ejecta. Alan: I don't see that, I see simply a dustfall beneath an overhang - look to the right and there are many similar overhangs. It's just a series of slightly less eroded lumps. Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Jan 13 2007, 02:17 AM
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Thanks for that comparison fredk. The chevron dunes (very dark in your top image) are interesting. I did not realize they would be on such strongly sloping ground. The material on the surface of these dunes seems to be the same stuff that has blown out of the crater into the dark plumes to the north and nne. (Some say underlying material that's been scraped off, I know)
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